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  • TitleA plan of New York Island ... Long Island, Staten Island & East New Jersey, with particular description of the engagement on the woody heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776 between His Majesty's Forces commanded by General Howe and the Americans under Major General Putnam, with the subsequent disposition of both Armies.
  • Call NumberMAP_1776-03-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAmerican and British Troop movements and defenses. Shows activity in Brooklyn, Flatbush, Flatlands and Bedford in 1776. Text reads: Lithograph of A. Brown and Co. Henry McCloskey's Manual of 1865. Engraved and published ... by William Faden (Successor to the late ... Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the King), Charing Cross, London.
  • Date1776
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : black & white ; 14 x 11.25 in.
  • Genremaps (documents)
  • PublisherFaden, William, 1749-1836
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800 ; New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800 ; Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776—Maps--Early works to 1800
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Long Island (N.Y.)New JerseyStaten Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.